Lisa Wolofsky
Producer, Executive Producer, Creative Industry Consultant - Founder, Skywolf Media
Lisa has over twenty-five years of experience in the media industries in business, finance, and production. While representing and consulting various financiers and producers in the area of independent film and television finance, Lisa is also developing and producing her own film and television projects as well as acting as co-producer on numerous live theatre shows.
Lisa initially worked for Premium Sound, a post-production sound company and then at various production companies including Kingsborough Greenlight Pictures, Allegro Entertainment and MUSE Entertainment as well as Head of Business Affairs for Film Finances Canada in Montreal, Quebec where she resides. In 2000, Lisa accepted a position as Manager of the gap financing portfolio for film and television at FIDEC, a fund set up as a limited partnership to support film & television production in Quebec. Partners of the fund included the cultural arm of the Government of Quebec, The National Bank of Canada and the FTQ. The fund was dissolved in 2012.
In 2011, Lisa joined the National Bank of Canada as Account Manager and Gap Financing specialist. In 2014, Lisa was promoted to Associate Vice President and launched the bank’s International Group within the Creative Industries sector which offered an innovative array of specialized products, providing bridge, gap, mezzanine and revenue participation loans to clients worldwide with a focus on USA based Productions. During her tenure at the bank, the creative industries group financed hundreds of millions of dollars in production loans.
In addition to acting as an AVP at the National Bank, Lisa acted as Producer on the film CARRIE PILBY (Netflix) She also Executive Produced various films including SUBMERGENCE, directed by Wim Wenders and starring Alicia Vikander and James McAvoy, WOMAN WALKS AHEAD starring Jessica Chastain, CROOKED HOUSE, starring Glenn Close, INDIGNATION starring Sarah Gadon and Logan Lerman, BRAIN ON FIRE starring Chloë Grace Moretz , BEL CANTO starring Julianne Moore and LAST FULL MEASURE starring Samuel L. Jackson and Sebastian Stan.
Lisa is involved in Co-Producing live theatre performances through her company Leonoff/Federman/Wolofsky and also through Skywolf Media and has co-produced the musicals GET UP! STAND UP! The Bob Marley musical which opened in Londons West End in October/2021, THOUGHTS OF A COLORED MAN which opened on Broadway October/2021, the Broadway revival of FUNNY GIRL starring Lea Michelle which opened in April/2022 and TOMMY the Musical opened on Broadway on March 4th, 2024. Lisa is also a Co-Producer of DEVIL WEARS PRADA now playing (and breaking box office records) in the West End’s Dominion Theatre as well as Jaime Lloyd’s WAITING FOR GODOT on Broadway starring Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter. Upcoming productions coming to The West End and Broadway in 2026 include SINATRA The Musical, Prince’s PURPLE RAIN and 13 GOING ON 30.
A selection of film and television projects produced via Skywolf include LATE FAME ( premiered at Venice and New York Film Festivals in 2025) , staring Willem Dafoe and Greta Lee, directed by Kent Jones. THE HOUSEWIFE, staring Naomi Watts, Ty Sheridan, Michael Imperioli and Luke Evans, directed by Ben Shirinian. TOW ( to be released theatrically in 2026 via Roadside Attractions/Vertical) , staring Rose Byrne, Octavia Spencer, Dominic Sessa, directed by Stephanie Laing, and ADULTHOOD ( released theatrically and on digital in 2025) , staring Josh Gad and Kaya Scodelario, directed by Alex Winter.
Up next: select projects include GOODBYE STRANGER, written and to be directed by Stephanie Laing, a remake of the hit 1989 film DEAD CALM which starred Nicole Kidman, and a feature film based on the life of spiritualist Alan Watts by Oscar nominated writer, Robert Nelson Jacobs. Lisa is also developing an episodic series entitled EXTRACTION and a limited series entitled HOUSE ON FIRE, both with Sphere Media .
Additionally, Lisa sits on the Advisory Board of the Vespucci Group.
Joey Mastrogiuseppe
Partner at Dentons Canada LL
Joey Mastrogiuseppe leads the Banking and Finance group of Dentons Canada LLP’s Montreal office. His practice focuses on financing in the entertainment industry.
Joey represents financial institutions, studios and private equity investors in connection with a broad range of entertainment and media related transactions. Joey has expertise in entertainment financing and corporate finance. He is best known for representing and advising some of the leading domestic and foreign financial institutions involved in the entertainment and media industries.
Joey taught entertainment law at McGill University in Montreal. He has been a national board member for the firm and continues to be a member of the local board.
Lauren Dym
North American Development Executive
Lauren Dym is based in New York City and is completing her Master’s degree in Media Management at Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business. She earned her undergraduate degree from Tulane University in May 2025, where she studied film production and business, grounding her creative work with media strategy and industry economics. Lauren joined Skywolf Media in the summer of 2023 as an intern and returned in 2024 as Lisa Wolofsky’s assistant. She has since stepped into the role of Development Executive, where she helps shape the company’s development slate, supports packaging and creative strategy, and works closely with producers and writers to move projects forward from early development through later-stage refinement. Lauren’s industry experience began in 2021 at Stay Gold Features where she was the youngest development intern in her cohort and gained hands-on experience in independent film development and production. With a strong editorial voice and a producer’s eye for story, Lauren is focused on developing character-driven, commercially viable projects and continues to build her career at the intersection of creative development and media business strategy.
Ebba Wester
European Development Executive